More Jobs in IT, Although Market Still Unstable: Report

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Jobs in management and technical consulting services and computer systems design lead the pack.

U.S.
employment numbers released Jan. 7 by the Department of Labor's Bureau of
Statistics revealed a net gain of 9,600 in IT-related jobs in December,
representing the seventh straight month of positive job growth in IT labor
segments in federal employment data.

Five bellwether IT job segments in the BLS
data showed a net gain of 45,800 jobs in the last six months of 2010 and 26,000
jobs in October through December. Leading all segments were gains in management
and technical consulting services and computer systems design and related
services segments, which accounted for 89 percent and 85 percent, respectively,
of all new jobs created.